Torys from your youth.

Paul_C

ROOG

The earliest Tory I remember was Ted Heath, mike yarwood used to take the piss out of him along with the other Wally Harold Wilson So many fun memories from our yoof! >:D<

Bellycaster

One of my abiding memories is that my dad always referred to Leon Brittan as "That Oily Bastard"

ICBM

Heath for me too.

The first bit of politics I remember was Nixon's resignation though.

Myranda

Didn't the Torys get caught today trying to delete Torys from your youth?*

*Assuming your youth was really recent I guess. They were found to be deleting select speeches from their sites - anything with certain promises apparently...

johnnyurq

Burn them all with fire.

Yeah Heath for me too, and tricky dicky in the US.

@Bellycaster

That could have been a description for a great many Tory twunts over the years, fucking spivs selling us all a pup. 

Mind you all parties in the modern era cannot be separated by a Rizzla.

Bellycaster

@Johnnyurq

 

Ha! Too true.

I do recollect some rather choice phrases in our household as a child, regarding the Tory Cabinet of the 80's.

Bucket

John Major was PM when I was born, but I was only two when he left office.

My earlier years were with Bliar as PM.

holnrew

I remember Maggie being PM, and thinking Douglas Hurd looked funny. I can also remember The Michael Heseltine and John Major competition, vaguely.

ToneControl

Heseltine was 6th richest person in the country when he wanted to be prime minister

Probably not as scary or funny as Berlusconi, but still not a great idea to have the richest people running the place

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Heseltine

 

ESBlonde

ToneControl said:

 but still not a great idea to have the richest people running the place

 

 

I have to ask why, and that's a serious question.

If they are doing it to line their pockets most could earn more by dedicating themselves to their business(s). So it's probable they have at least a modicum of public good about them (albeit possibly skewed by their education and upbringing).

We have so called socialists that once in power turn out to be little more than money grabbing thieves for their own benefit and that is at least no better in my view to starting rich and being 'a public servant'.  

The pretence that champagne socialists are not trying to better themselves in spite of their political allegiance leaves a bad taste in the mouth.

There are good and bad people from all walks of life, these days putting labels on one set or another says more about us than them. 

(Except folks from Norfolk obviously)  

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Fretwired

I feel old ...

Phil_aka_Pip

Bucket said:

John Major was PM when I was born, but I was only two when he left office.

My earlier years were with Bliar as PM.

and you couldn't tell the difference between him and a Tory of the other party either

Fretwired

ToneControl said:

Heseltine was 6th richest person in the country when he wanted to be prime minister

Probably not as scary or funny as Berlusconi, but still not a great idea to have the richest people running the place

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Heseltine

 

So its far better to get those without wealth who want to fleece the tax payer and line their own pockets. Yes that's Tony fucking Blair and his New Blue Tory-lite Labour Party. Tony's now worth over £50 million, Brown's not too badly off and Miliband, who claims to be an ardent socialist, is only worth £3 million. Balls and Cooper are wealthy as is Harriet Harman who also sent her kids to private school and nobody knows where Mandelson got £7 million for his home from. And look at Union leaders ... they all seem to pay themselves over the odds at their members expense.

In fairness to Heseltine he'd actually run a business, creating jobs and real wealth. The wealthy trio of Cameron, Clegg and Miliband have done bugger all except wind me up on the TV. Professional tossers, I mean politicians ....

As far as I am concerned politicians are below pay day loan sharks, bankers and estate agents.

Handsome_Chris

Phil_aka_Pip said:

Bucket said:

John Major was PM when I was born, but I was only two when he left office.

My earlier years were with Bliar as PM.

and you couldn't tell the difference between him and a Tory of the other party either

I think the foreign policy and death toll were a bit higher than the Cons or Lib-Cons have ever been in peace time.  Even the Tories couldn't spin their way out of that one.

Fretwired

Handsome_Chris said:

Phil_aka_Pip said:

Bucket said:

John Major was PM when I was born, but I was only two when he left office.

My earlier years were with Bliar as PM.

and you couldn't tell the difference between him and a Tory of the other party either

I think the foreign policy and death toll were a bit higher than the Cons or Lib-Cons have ever been in peace time.  Even the Tories couldn't spin their way out of that one.

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@Handsome_Chris -  what do you mean exactly?

Phil_aka_Pip

http://aipetcher.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/harold-macmillan.jpg

randomhandclaps

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/11/12/1352745843260/Harry-Enfield-as-Tim-Nice-012.jpg

Phil_aka_Pip

The stakes are raised:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/190000/images/_192615_alf_garnett_correct_portrait_150.jpg

holnrew

I quite like Heseltine. And Major has been saying some good things since Maggie died.

johnnyurq

Major was OK but he had a very different background so maybe that is why he is a bit more normal in his ideas and attitudes.

His dad was in showbiz as an actor/music hall type so he had a fairly humble upbringing/background in context with his Tory buds.

Heseletine mostly OK except for the Westland Affair where IIRC he didn't cover himself with glory, But Thatcher hated him and briefed against him at the time so he may have been stitched up.

Michael Portillo has found some humility since his ignominious failure to get get elected in 1997, he was a true arrogant Tory in the lead up, made me smirk anyway.

But if he was more like he is now then he would have been a decent MP. His dad was a Labour socialist IIRC and Portillo said so on his Railway Journeys program.

Mind you Heseltine and Portillo were at least conviction and more consensus politicians than most Tories back then, even though I bitterly disagreed with their main ideals and policies.